C&NW SD40-2 OLS #6886 at East Syracuse, NY.

One last run. C&NW 8701 leads sister unit 8646 on IG2G2 as they head east through the small town of Creston, IL. About a week after I took this picture, it was announced that the "Twins" would be ... (more)

CNW 6842 crosses the St. Croix River with an eastbound freight as it enters Hudson, WI in October of 1992. Ahead lies a stiff climb out of the river valley.

CNW 219 leads a mixture of Fs into Cedar Lake Yard at Minneapolis, MN with a freight from Marshalltown, IA. This train operated on the former Minneapolis & St. Louis mainline and F units and older... (more)

Unusual visitors make their presence known at Altoona, WI on a snowy March day in 1973. It had not been the norm to have GP35/ballast unit (slug) sets operating on the Twin Cities Division mainlin... (more)

This publicity photo of The 400 was taken for the C&NW Public Relations Dept. most likely around September 1939 when the streamlined train was first inaugurated. I was able to make a copy photo of... (more)

CNW 6810 leads a trio of SD40-2s into Altoona Yard, Altoona, WI with train 406. This version features a block of potash loads on the front. Units 6801-6815, the first order of SD40-2s, had white o... (more)

CNW Alco C628 no. 6720 and mate arrive in Altoona Yard for a crew change and some switching with train 406 from Itasca (Superior), WI. The big Alcos came from Norfolk & Western and were the heavie... (more)

CNW 6916 leads an ore train past the Little Lake depot/trailer in June of 1988. Alas, few ore trains will pass this way anymore with the closing of the Empire Mine and the Escanaba ore docks.

CNW 8005 leads a piggy back train thru Bertram, IA in August of 1993. The train has just passed under the Hwy 13 bridge. The CNW was busy as they were handling several trains detouring due to floo... (more)

The past still lives in the present...

CNW 8505 is on Soo Line (ex-MILW) rails as it leads a coal train thru West Salem, WI in January of 1993.

CNW 6710 stops at Brampton to meet an empty ore train in May of 1986. I hope the ore business picks up on this line as there is a lot of track for the meager business that remains.

CNW 219, formerly F7A 4076C, looks a bit worse for wear, but keeps humming along with mainline freights on former CGW and MSTL lines between Minneapolis and Iowa. This scheme was a replacement for... (more)